Convention Connection for Week 38 2018 includes events in Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Ohio, the waters off of Seattle, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 38 2018
Category Archives: Events
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 37 2018
Convention Connection for Week 37 2018 includes events in Cincinnati, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Austin, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 36 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend, September 6 through September 9, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 35 2018
Find a convention near you this Labor Day weekend, August 30 through September 3, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Happy 40th Birthday, LEGO Minifigure!
Though we’ve been celebrating this event all year long, today is the actual 40th birthday of the LEGO minifigure! Happy birthday, little articulated guys and gals (and monsters and droids and…)! Read More
Tickets Available Now for Pop-Up Magazine Fall Issue
The Fall Issue of Pop-Up Magazine is coming soon—get your tickets now! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 34 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend, August 24 through 26, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Roundup: Gen Con Edition
There are a lot of tabletop Kickstarter projects launching in the next few months—here are some that I learned about at Gen Con 2018. Read More
Start Planning Now for Free Museum Day!
Mark your calendars for Free Museum Day, next month! Thanks, ‘Smithsonian Magazine’! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 33 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend, August 17 through 19, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Gen Cap 2018 Recap With Photos, Part 4
My recap of the fourth (and final) day of Gen Con! Read More
Gen Con 2018 Recap With Photos, Part 3
Day 3 of my Gen Con coverage! Read More
Gen Con 2018 Recap With Photos, Part 2
My photo recap of Day 2 of Gen Con 2018! Read More
Gen Con 2018 Recap With Photos, Part 1
Here’s a look at Day 1 (and a half) of Gen Con 2018! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 32 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend, August 9 through 12, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Gen Con Wrap-Up: What GeekDads Enjoyed Most in 2018
The ‘best four days in gaming’ once again lived up to its claim. We detail our favorite things from Gen Con 2018. Read More
Mid-Atlantic Harry Potter Fans, Here’s a Convention for You
There’s a convention called “Potterverse” on August 17-19 on the Bethesda-Rockville, Maryland border that mid-Atlantic Harry Potter fans will love. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 31 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend with Convention Connection. Read More
Harry Potter Turns 38 Today: Here are 20 “Harry Potter is SO OLD” Jokes to Celebrate
Share your “Harry Potter is SO OLD” jokes with us in the comments to celebrate our favorite wizard’s birthday, today! Read More
10 Questions with Gen Con President, David Hoppe
With Gen Con just 2 weeks away, we sit down and ask the convention’s president, David Hoppe, some questions we’ve been curious about … Read More
The Getting Excited for SDCC 2018 Post
San Diego Comic Con 2018 starts this week with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 18, 2017, and I will be attending. Here are all of the things I’m most excited about! Read More
Review: Fog + Bubbles = Fobbles and Fobbles Means Fun
Fobbles is a new machine that lets you add fog-filled bubbles to your party or holiday display for tons of fun! Read More
Con Artists: Denver Comic Con
No, not that kind of con artist. I’m talking about the amazing people whose sketches, illustrations, and paintings were on display this year in Artist Alley at the Denver Comic Con. And while there were dozens of booths selling thousands of pieces, these three in particular were the ones I found myself coming back to (and, yes, spending money on). Read More
Archive vs. Archive: The Disney and Pixar Collections
The art of the archive is an impressive thing, especially when it houses the respective legacies of imagination that are Disney and Pixar. Recently, Whit Honea visited both collections, and the experience was magical. Read More
Father’s Day Gift Ideas — Denver Comic Con Edition
If you’re near Denver this weekend, here are just a few suggested substitutions for the stereotypical Father’s Day gift list. Read More
PaizoCon 2018, Achievement Unlocked!
GeekDad and son enjoyed another fun-filled weekend gaming at PaizoCon 2018 in Seattle. Jump on in to see what PaizoCon is all about! Read More
My iFLY Indoor Skydiving Experience for Peter Pan’s 65th Anniversary
In celebration of the 65th anniversary of Walt Disney’s Peter Pan (now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and On-Demand), I was offered the opportunity to “fly” like the titular character with my very own indoor skydiving experience. Read More
Visiting Ottawa, Including the Canadian War Museum
Teenagers in tow, we visited Canada’s capital, Ottawa, visiting destinations like Parliament Hill, the Canadian Museum of History, and the Canadian War Museum. Read More
Geek Links: Middle Earth in Color
Oxford’s Bodleian Library is showing of JRR Tolkien’s in a new exhibition of his drawings. BBC Arts have all the information you need and lots of pictures for those who can’t make it to the City of Dreaming Spires. Courtesy: [BBC Arts] Read More
7 Great Things I Saw at the UK Games Expo
I had a great first visit to the UK Games Expo. Here are 7 great things I found at the show and fell in love with. Read More
